Microbicides: Ways Forward is the final in a series of strategy documents put out by the Alliance for Microbicide Development (AMD). In 2009, the Alliance surveyed a number of microbicides experts and key stakeholders in the field in an effort to identify area of progress, obstacles that remain and priorities for the field. These conversations and insights inform much of the new report, which concludes with nine key recommendations for moving the microbicide field forward. The Alliance officially closed at the end of 2009 and this new report is one of many key AMD resources that we will be integrating into our continually expanding education, outreach, advocacy and policy work.